members who attended scientific meetings be paid by the
Institute. These proposals produced no action, but a faculty committee
on research was organized with Dr. Ewell as chairman. It produced a
comprehensive report that covered the requirements of the National
Research Council.

The faculty, intent on contributing the maximum service to students in
the war crisis, yet reluctant to disrupt the college routine, decided
that courses be kept to schedule for the remainder of the year. All
undergraduates were urged not to break the continuity of their
courses, but seniors who entered Army or Navy service were to be
excused from further work and were to receive their degrees at the
regular time. This action was enthusiastically ratified by the
Trustees, who also granted leaves of absence to all teachers who might
enter the service during the war.

Such leaves of absence were numerous during the year 1917-18. Before
the college year began, Frank C. Brough had enlisted in the Marine
Corps. A few months later he was killed in action somewhere in France,
one of the first Institute casualties. Prof. John A. Spaulding had
been drafted and sent to Camp Devens, where he became a victim of the
suspicious attitude of the times. For alleged unpatriotic utterances
he underwent trial by court martial, was acquitted, and immediately
promoted to sergeant. Prof. Arthur D. Butterfield received a
commission as captain in the Aviation Corps, and was sent to France as
a member of General Pershing's staff.

Two prominent members of the faculty resigned at this time:
Prof. David L. Gallup, whose pioneer work in automotive engineering
had brought him an appointment as chief research engineer for a
manufacturer of airplane motors; Prof. James A. Davis, an effective
and popular teacher, to become head of the machine design department
at the University of Oklahoma. Instructors Walter D. Stearns and Ancel
St. John also resigned. Raymond K. Morley was promoted to full
professor; Farrington Daniels, Francis J. Adams, and Francis W. Roys
to assistant professors.